Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants.
| Variable | Total N = 1710 |
Men N = 568 |
Women N = 1142 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 39.2 ± 7.7 | 41.1 ± 8.1 | 38.2 ± 7.2 | <0.001 |
| <30 | 194 (11.3%) | 47 (27.7%) | 147 (72.3%) | <0.001 |
| 30–39 | 725 (42.4%) | 201 (36.5%) | 524 (63.5%) | |
| 40–49 | 578 (33.8%) | 211 (37.1%) | 367 (32.1%) | |
| 50–59 | 213 (12.5%) | 109 (51.2%) | 104 (48.8%) | |
| Education | ||||
| Primary | 468 (27.4%) | 204 (43.6%) | 264 (56.4%) | <0.001 |
| Vocational | 566 (33.1%) | 228 (40.3%) | 338 (59.7%) | |
| Secondary | 583 (34.1%) | 128 (22%) | 455 (78%) | |
| High | 93 (5.4%) | 8 (8.6%) | 109 (91.4%) | |
| Employment status | ||||
| Permanent job | 507 (29.6%) | 215 (42.4%) | 292 (57.6%) | <0.001 |
| Temporary job | 149 (8.7%) | 70 (47%) | 79 (53%) | |
| Disabled or retired | 55 (3.2%) | 28 (50.9%) | 27 (49.1%) | |
| Unemployed | 999 (58.4%) | 255 (25.5%) | 744 (74.5%) | |
| Subjective assessment of monthly income | ||||
| Sufficient to cover all living needs plus may save a certain amount | 208 (12.2%) | 57 (27.4%) | 151 (72.6%) | <0.001 |
| Sufficient to cover all living needs | 894 (52.3%) | 275 (30.8%) | 619 (69.2%) | |
| Sufficient to cover basic needs only | 433 (25.3%) | 183 (42.3%) | 250 (57.7%) | |
| Difficult to say | 175 (10.2%) | 53 (30.3%) | 122 (69.7%) | |
| Subjective assessment of living conditions | ||||
| Fair/rather fair | 787 (46.0%) | 231 (29.4%) | 556 (70.6%) | 0.01 |
| Neither fair nor poor | 774 (45.3%) | 284 (36.7%) | 490 (63.3%) | |
| Rather poor | 85 (5.0%) | 28 (32.9%) | 57 (67.1%) | |
| Very poor | 30 (1.7%) | 14 (46.7%) | 16 (53.3%) | |
| Difficult to say | 34 (2.0%) | 11 (32.4%) | 23 (37.6%) | |
| Cohabitation with partner and/or family | ||||
| Yes | 1444 (84.4%) | 479 (33.2%) | 965 (66.8%) | >0.05 |
| No (living alone) | 266 (15.6%) | 89 (33.5%) | 177 (66.5%) |
SD: standard deviation.